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Do you want nicer look and feel, on your mobile smartphone? More useful and easier for all your daily needs? Look at this program. It displays all information in one conveniently screen. It simulates rich Windows VistaTM interface in a small screen of mobile device, including Sidebar. "JGUI crafts Vista skin, looks better than Crossbow." *) by www.engadget.com
This program was designed for Microsoft Smartphone devices with landscape screens, basically.
And YES! It's freeware in base functionalities, forever.
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The background:
You can select the background image from a few pre-installed pictures, or you can use your own image as you wish. Read the instruction below. The background changes own size and position slightly. And additionally, it can be coloured by one of seven basic colors in the sequence running. Or you can select the static one color you like, incl. completed black. See below screenshots where you can notice these features. |
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this is a screenshot from VGA size screen
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The sidebar: On the right side, there are items of so called sidebar. You can keep a whole sidebar on the top of screen always, or you can keep only the clock on the top. Above the clock there are a network signal level bar and battery condition status. On the top of sidebar, there is the animated weather icon and current felt temperature. Certainly, to get weather information, you have to connect your smartphone to the Internet and download the database. You can do it manually, or this program can do it for you automatically every day, while you sleep.
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Start screen | |||
This is the main interface screen, called Start.
In this program there are more screens. You can change the screen by Left or Right key (in PPC with touch-sensitivity screen, also by tap-and-move over the screen to the left or right side). Although, the freeware version does not displays too much on other screens.
The Start Screen tries to show you all Today's important matters and subjects.
Depend from the case, if some item exists or not,
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At the moment, when someone calls you, the special alert about incoming phone call displayed. If the Caller's number exists in your Contacts, the name of Caller displayed, instead of number. If this Contact has a picture, it displays on the top. If you haven't taken the call, the alert stays on the screen, till you move to another screen. When you press Down key, you can see the name or number of Caller. If you missed more calls, the number of these calls is displayed. |
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The same event happens when new text message was received. If you press Down key several times, you can read the number or name of Sender, and preview the last messages text. If you want to hide this information, just press Up key. And, the same feature happens when news from on-line service is downloaded. When you press Down key, you can preview the whole text of the latest news. Additionally, at the moment when some of these above alerts run, you can use Left menu button or Action key, to quickly callback to the last Caller, reply to Sender, or to open the news web page. (See the changes of menu descriptions, while you press Down/Up keys.)
Please note:
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Other screens | |||
The weather: This list of upcoming weather forecast. Temperatures and humidities displayed on lines and bars special diagram, additionally. There can be showing from one to ten upcoming days, depend from availability of on-line service.
If you use advanced function: Wake up for updating,
Auto-updating checks the status every hour for current day, and every 6 hours for forecast.
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The news: The list of downloaded news from on-line service.
News are displayed in order of date and time of receiving.
You can press down/up keys to highlight one of news, when you press Action key at this moment, it will open Pocket Internet Explorer, and connect to the link of selected news. |
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The received messages history: The list of received messages, but not read yet.
This list displays Sender's name or number, the time, and the preview of a whole text.
You can press down/up keys to highlight one of messages. At this moment you can use the right menu to quick do Reply, Reply with original text (first 10 characters), or Forward a whole text to someone. |
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The missed phone calls:
This list displays Caller's name or number, and the time.
You can press down/up keys to highlight one of missed calls. At this moment you can press Action key to start callback to the selected Sender. |
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The programs launcher:
You can manually set up to 16 shortcuts here.
You can press down/up arrow (navigation) keys |
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Settings dialogs | |||
A small lists of pre-defined cities for weather forecasts, and on-line news services, are build-in and ready in this program.
For weather service, you have to write a city or post code, and tap Search. While you are connected to Internet, For news service, you have to write a whole path to the URL link of, so called, RSS service.
Please note. |
Make your image in the size but at least 640x280 pixels, any number of colours, save in .jpg or .png format, name in the beginning with "background".
The program looks for all images begun with "background" in name within its installation folder. By default it's Program Files\JGUI\vistaspinterface
Smaller icons in weather forecast: collect all 44 images of weather statuses in one row, each image in 32x32 pixels, any number of colors
and 255,0,255 as transparent background color. Replace the original weathericons.png with the new one you made.
Larger animated icons in Start Screen: collect all animations in files names from weather0.png to weather48.png
Each frame in size 100x75 pixels, any number of colours and 0,0,0 as transparent background. These animations can have any number of frames,
under these rules: only one frame - no animation, two frames - rotate scaling animation, 3 frames - random frame and a little shacking,
less than 21 frames - animation in reverse loop, over 20 frames - animation in sequence loop.
*) "Crossbow" was the codename of Windows Mobile 6.0. operating system.
Video review:
James Kendrick, from quite well known jkOnTheRun hi-tech blog,
recorded video where you can watch, how cool Vista Smartphone Interface runs on smartphone.
jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/01/jgui_vista_smar.html
Downloads:
You can download and use a freeware version, from these below links or on-line services.
The latest version: 3.3. updated on 5 June 2008
Your mobile device MUST BE unlocked.
Owners of Samsung SHG-i600 series, also called Blackjack,
Owners of Motorola Q series
Owners of Samsung i300 series
This freeware version is no time-limited,
the only restrictions are:
you cannot read details on others (detailed) screens than on the default Start Screen,
and automatic updating of weather and news does not work (you can do it manually).
This means, you can use VSI Start Screen free and forever.
Version number is displayed on the welcome screen.
History of changes: see below.
Please search the Internet for solutions for your specified device, people talks widely about.
have to unlock their devices.
Please google to find something like appunlock.cab
Confirmed since ROM: 5.1.342 Build 15100
have to unlock their devices.
One of solutions is there: www.sems.org/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=157
don't have to unlock their devices.
In most cases such devices are unlocked by vendor.
Windows Mobile devices:
.exe file for installation from PC by MS ActiveSync |
.cab file for installation from mobile device directly |
Purchasing:
You can pay directly from your Windows Mobile phone,
MS Smartphone devices:
Windows Pocket PC devices:
Please note. Technical support: info@jgui.net
For my other programs designed for black-style devices, look at
History of changes:
Version 3.3.
Version 3.0.
Version 2.7.
Version 2.0.
Version 1.7.
Version 1.5.
Version 1.3.
Version 1.27.
Version 1.25.
Version 1.2.
if you are connected to Internet, and want to use Paypal® transaction service.
Please use Registration dialog and check the special control box.
Then please wait for transaction confirmation.
Depend on your connection speed, downloading weather forecast or news events may take a several seconds.
Depend on your connection agreement, it will charge you every day, if you are using "automatic" updating in this program,
or "wakeup" feature. If you're afraid, please update only manually.
www.jgui.net/black/
JGUI logo, name, picture are registered and copyrighted by JGUI.
Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, MS Smartphone names and marks are registered and copyrighted by Microsoft.
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